Gino Laios

Direct report to Country Manager, responsible for sales, business development, sourcing of strategic accounts, commercial management, development and deployment of new services focusing on integrated & fit-to-need solutions, support for marketing and special communication & awareness projects.

Affiliate: G4S Romania Department: Commercial & Business Development Head of the Commercial Department with responsibility for the revenue and financials of services provided through commercial contracts worth of ~ EUR 54 million turnover per annum for all legal entities of G4S supplying cash management, manned guarding and security systems, focusing on strategic sourcing, commercial & contract risk management, business development, marketing, development & deployment of new services and Key Account Management.

Affiliate: G4S Cash Solutions Department: Commercial Direct report to Country Manager and Division General Manager with responsability for the revenue and financials of services provided through commercial contracts worth of ~ EUR 29 million turnover per annum, strategic sourcing, commercial & contract risk management, field data reconciliation & invoicing, business development, marketing, deployment of new services and Key Account Management.

Direct report to CEO and Group Operational Director. Responsible for Strategic & Supplier Sourcing, Commercial, Trading Sales, In-country Business Development, Reverse Logistics, Marketing & Product Development, Lead Management & Lead Generation and IT.

Responsible for the general management of the company with regard to planning & administration, HR management, marketing & PR, operation and quality assurance, financial management and administrative management. Sole representative for Romania of PLITKER thermopanel system Plitker thermo-panels are the perfect solution for any kind of construction - office buildings, residential buildings, administrative buildings, offering an economic, efficient and ecologic alternative for thermo-isolation and exterior finishing. We are providing the full solution: project review, quantity calculation/estimation and optimization, order and delivery of material and installation kit. Our company also provides consultancy in company's Finance Analysis & Optimization, Commercial, Project Controlling and Operations Planning.

Affiliate(s): Romania, Hungary, Ukraine Department: Finance & Commercial Direct report to Country Manager and CEE Commercial Director. Leading the commercial and financial management activities for Romania, Hungary, Ukraine and Georgia business units, including negotiations and execution of contracts, financial management, development and implementation of company’s business strategy. Throughout this period, there was a significant business growth which I have managed by being actively involved in the development and implementation of the business strategy and setting up specific management tools. I managed to upgrade the quality of the finance and commercial activities focusing on tightening cost control, streamlining processes and clarifying financial reporting resulting in extremely good financial results of the start-up business units I was in charge of.

Affiliate: Philip Morris Romania Department: Operations Planning, Analysis & Reporting Lead the Operations Planning activities (personnel, equipment and material resources) related to manufacturing process. Assisted the Operations Director to achive local organisation’s business objectives and provide high-quality analyses to back-up manufacturing/business plans while identifying process improvement opportunities and meeting management reporting requirements.

PMI Central Function (Engineering) Department: Finance & Project Controlling Supervise from Global HQ the project controlling activities for all international Industrial Projects (Europe – Serbia, Greece, Switzerland, Asia – Indonesia, Korea) with budgets ranging from 10 to 500 million USD. Managed project controlling activities related to global procurement, improve and maintain project controlling best practices by continuous updating and adapting Project Controlling Manual. Manage and control the procurement of specific equipment with a total budget of 50 million USD by reporting to Vice-President Operations on financial data, co-ordination with suppliers on timely reimbursements, initiation and follow-up on contractual documents.

Affiliate: Philip Morris Serbia Department: Finance & Operations (Project) Direct report to Managing Director / Finance Director / Operations Director Managing the capital expenditure investment of 80 million euro following acquisition of state owned company. Execute the investment obligation by planning and coordinating the Capital Expenditure Budget, coordinate and review capital expenditure proposals, monitor the spending and commitments, responsible for the completion of investment commitment, contractual aspects of building & infrastructure commitments and capital expenditure as per the privatization/acquisition contract.

PMI Central Function (Engineering) Department: Industrial Projects Supported and contributed to development of project management tools and in-house development of valuation and change order management software. Responsible for project management tools implementation, review of project costs and preparation of consolidated monthly project summaries.

Affiliate: Philip Morris Romania Department: Project Finance Responsible for the management and execution of local warehouse extension with a budget for 1.5 million USD. Develop tender documents, prepare and manage project budget, review and approve progress reports, project completion and final reporting to Local and Regional Management.

Affiliate: Philip Morris Romania Department: Project Finance Responsible for preparation of Capital Expenditure proposals, lease and/or expense reports, spending variances, reconciliations of actual vs. budget, follow-up and analysis of Greenfield project (construction of production facility) and preparation of capital expenditure budgets (department and legal entity consolidation).

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